Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Irony of Fate Part I
So from what i have seen of this movie so far it seems pretty similar to an american comedy. Main character Zhenya is very entertaining from his singing to his drunken adventure that he unconsciously takes from Moscow to Leningrad. The idea that you could end up on the exact same street, apartment complex and apartment in another city would never be possible in America because our citites are not all mapped out exactly the same like in Russia. This film seems alot like a prehistoric Harold and Kumar and the humor of the movies is similar involving characters who do humorous things in an altered state of mind and then recollect back on it later and freak out. The idea of new years in Russia seemed more important than in America with characters giving gifts to each other and spending the time together whereas Americans just all go out and celebrate it with a big group of people. All in all i am looking forward to seeing the rest of this movie and the comedy that comes with it.
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Though there has been talk of making an American version of this film... Imagine a housing subdivision made by the same developer in two different metropolitan regions (with the same type of generic names--something like 22 Gentle Meadow Lane)...and I think you can see how something like it could happen--or at least be imagined.
ReplyDeleteThe closest thing we as Americans have to that kind of development is Suburbia. Imagine, street after street of houses that all look nearly identical.
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